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Yasin Binda

Homeland Security Investigations special agent assigned to a human trafficking group.

Appeared2025 Federal Trial
159 lines·4 proceedings·1 mention

About

Yasin Binda, an HSI special agent, testified on Day 9 about the September 16, 2024 warrant search of room 2115 at the Park Hyatt. He said he served as photographer during the search, later signed for seized items, and explained the search, inventory, and chain-of-custody procedures.

Binda identified photographs of the hotel room and described property recovered from the closet, bathroom, and bedroom, including baby oil, lubricant, a hard drive, cellphones, a prescription bottle containing pink material, and a black fanny pack containing $9,000. The government used his photograph authentication and a stipulation reporting laboratory results for the pink material to introduce evidence from the room.

On cross-examination, defense counsel questioned Binda about the Park Hyatt search, a subpoena to Paul Arthur, and the treatment of the cash as bulk cash. After a sidebar concerning the relevance of that classification, the court permitted limited questioning. Binda said agents at the hotel made the classification decision as a group and also consulted prosecutors; redirect established that the Arthur subpoena was a grand jury subpoena.

Key Points

Trial Record (4)

Trial 12025 Federal TrialMay 5, 2025 – Jul 2, 2025Called by prosecution

Yasin Binda, an HSI special agent, documented the Day 9 warrant search of a Park Hyatt hotel room and identified photographs and items recovered there. Defense cross-examination addressed the treatment of $9,000 in a fanny pack as bulk cash and the process behind that decision.

Day 9

DirectYasin Binda — DirectYasin BindaMadison R. Smyser4highlights122lines spoken

Summary

HSI Agent Yasin Binda described the Park Hyatt search, evidence documentation, and items recovered from room 2115.

Highlights (4)

testimony highlightBinda described the warrant search of room 2115, including clearing the room, recording it, marking areas, photographing items, and documenting custody on 6051 forms.Open in transcript →
Quote“So at first we cleared the hotel room to make sure that no one else was there, afterwards we took a video of the hotel room, then we proceeded with the search, which started marking each room with a piece of paper that contained a letter designating each room, and then we commenced the search.”— Yasin BindaBinda summarized the agents' search procedure for room 2115.Open in transcript →
Quote“A 6051 form talks about what was seized from which room, and then it also shows the chain of custody of that particular item.”— Yasin BindaBinda explained the documentation used to track seized items.Open in transcript →
evidence eventThe court admitted a series of photographs Binda identified as images he took at the Park Hyatt during the September 16, 2024 search.Open in transcript →

Day 11